I love the off-topic thread cause you can say things that others will not respond to - random thoughts are IT.

This is the ON topic thread: its very simple, your post must include a noun or verb from the previous post - but you can be as random or as connected as you like otherwise (you can use the word as part of another if you like). Note you can use any word except the trivial connectors (thus, not 'the', 'and', 'or', 'a', etc.) , you do not have to use the same one (else we would get stuck on one word only). Put the copied word in capitals or bold.... thus:

”We need a witness to our lives. There's a billion people on the planet, what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things, all of it, all of the time, every day. "

growth can be misinterpreted as cramming more into our minds; true growth is an emptying process;

"A Zen master received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.

Upon arrival, the professor started talking about all the researches he had done on Zen. The Zen literatures he had ploughed through, his thoughts and opinions on what Zen was and so on.

When the visitor finally paused to catch a breath, the Zen master offered to serve tea. He soon filled his visitor’s cup to the brim. Yet the Zen master appeared oblivious and still kept on pouring the tea while making small talk.

Though he saw the tea overflowed, the professor kept quiet to be polite. He was hoping that the Zen master himself would soon notice it. As the Zen master kept on pouring the tea with no sign of stopping, the professor got more uneasy until he couldn’t take it anymore. “Stop! Can’t you see the cup is full? It can’t take any more tea!”

“Ah! So you’ve noticed,” the Zen master slowly put down the tea pot. Then he smiled and spoke gently, “Now, shall we empty your ‘cup’ and start all over on Zen?” "

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”We need a witness to our lives. There's a billion people on the planet, what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things, all of it, all of the time, every day. "